Teen Arrested In Shooting, Theft

A Broward County teen-ager was arrested Thursday in the shooting of a man who police say tried to buy marijuana in a neighborhood near Fort Lauderdale.

Ronald Smith, 19, of the 800 block of Northwest 34th Way, an unincorporated area near Fort Lauderdale, is accused of shooting Scott E. Stone, 21, on Dec. 30.

Police said Stone and a companion went to a residence off West Broward Boulevard to buy marijuana.

Officer Chris M. Presley said Smith confronted Stone and his companion, Kevin P. Hunnewell, 16, outside a home on the 100 block of Northwest 32nd Avenue and demanded money at gunpoint.

When Stone pushed the gun away and tried to walk away, Smith shot him in the back and robbed Hunnewell, Presley said. Stone spent nearly a week in critical condition at Plantation General Hospital as a result of the shooting, police said.

Booked into Broward County Jail without bond, Smith, was charged with attempted murder, two counts of robbery and attempted robbery.

One of the robbery counts stemmed from a Dec. 31 incident in which he was identified as a gunman who took a bicycle from a neighborhood youth, deputies said.